ع ج ل Root ʿ-j-l in the Qur’an 47 occurrences in 44 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

اسْتَعْجَلَ 19 times

• 6:57 · Al-An'amتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ you seek to hastenSay, "Indeed, I am on clear evidence from my Lord, and you have denied it. I do not have that for which you are impatient. The decision is only for Allah. He relates the truth, and He is the best of deciders."
• 6:58 · Al-An'amتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ you seek to hastenSay, "If I had that for which you are impatient, the matter would have been decided between me and you, but Allah is most knowing of the wrongdoers."
• 10:50 · Yunusيَسْتَعْجِلُ of it would (wish to) hastenSay, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"
• 10:51 · Yunusتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ seeking to hasten itThen is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient
• 13:6 · Ar-Ra'dوَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ And they ask you to hastenThey impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is full of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.
• 16:1 · An-Nahlتَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ۚ (be) impatient for itThe command of Allah is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.
• 21:37 · Al-Anbyaتَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ask Me to hastenMan was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not impatiently urge Me.
• 22:47 · Al-Hajjوَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ And they ask you to hastenAnd they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
• 26:204 · Ash-Shu'araيَسْتَعْجِلُونَ they wish to hastenSo for Our punishment are they impatient?
• 27:46 · An-Namlتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ (do) you seek to hastenHe said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil instead of good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah that you may receive mercy?"
• 27:72 · An-Namlتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ you seek to hastenSay, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.
• 29:53 · Al-'Ankabutوَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ And they ask you to hastenAnd they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.
• 29:54 · Al-'Ankabutيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ They ask you to hastenThey urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers
• 37:176 · As-Saffatيَسْتَعْجِلُونَ they hastenThen for Our punishment are they impatient?
• 42:18 · Ash-Shuraيَسْتَعْجِلُ Seek to hastenThose who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.
• 46:24 · Al-Ahqafٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم you were asking it to be hastenedAnd when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,
• 46:35 · Al-Ahqafتَسْتَعْجِل seek to hastenSo be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?
• 51:14 · Adh-Dhariyatتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ seeking to hasten[And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."
• 51:59 · Adh-Dhariyatيَسْتَعْجِلُونِ so let them not ask Me to hastenAnd indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me.

عِجْل 10 times

• 2:51 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعِجْلَ the calfAnd [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him, while you were wrongdoers.
• 2:54 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعِجْلَ the calfAnd [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
• 2:92 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعِجْلَ the calfAnd Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs. Then you took the calf [in worship] after that, while you were wrongdoers.
• 2:93 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعِجْلَ (love of) the calfAnd [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."
• 4:153 · An-Nisaٱلْعِجْلَ the calf (for worship)The People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
• 7:148 · Al-A'rafعِجْلًۭا a calf And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.
• 7:152 · Al-A'rafٱلْعِجْلَ the calfIndeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].
• 11:69 · Hudبِعِجْلٍ a calfAnd certainly did Our messengers come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.
• 20:88 · Ta-Haعِجْلًۭا a calf'sAnd he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."
• 51:26 · Adh-Dhariyatبِعِجْلٍۢ with a calfThen he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf

عَجِلَ 5 times

• 7:150 · Al-A'rafأَعَجِلْتُمْ Were you impatientAnd when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people oppressed me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
• 19:84 · Maryamتَعْجَلْ make hasteSo be not impatient over them. We only count out to them a [limited] number.
• 20:84 · Ta-Haوَعَجِلْتُ and I hastenedHe said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."
• 20:114 · Ta-Haتَعْجَلْ hastenSo high [above all] is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muhammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur'an before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
• 75:16 · Al-Qiyamahلِتَعْجَلَ to hastenMove not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

عَجَّلَ 5 times

• 10:11 · Yunusيُعَجِّلُ hastensAnd if Allah was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them. But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly
• 17:18 · Al-Israعَجَّلْنَا We hastenWhoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.
• 18:58 · Al-Kahfلَعَجَّلَ surely, He (would) have hastenedAnd your Lord is the Forgiving, full of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.
• 38:16 · Sadعَجِّل HastenAnd they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"
• 48:20 · Al-Fathفَعَجَّلَ and He has hastenedAllah has promised you much booty that you will take [in the future] and has hastened for you this [victory] and withheld the hands of people from you - that it may be a sign for the believers and [that] He may guide you to a straight path.

عاجِلَة 3 times

• 17:18 · Al-Israٱلْعَاجِلَةَ the immediateWhoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.
• 75:20 · Al-Qiyamahٱلْعَاجِلَةَ the immediateNo! But you love the immediate
• 76:27 · Al-Insanٱلْعَاجِلَةَ the immediateIndeed, these [disbelievers] love the immediate and leave behind them a grave Day.

أَعْجَلَ 1 time

• 20:83 · Ta-Haأَعْجَلَكَ made you hasten[Allah] said, "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

اسْتِعْجال 1 time

• 10:11 · Yunusٱسْتِعْجَالَهُم (as) He hastens for themAnd if Allah was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them. But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly

تَعَجَّلَ 1 time

• 2:203 · Al-Baqarahتَعَجَّلَ hurriesAnd remember Allah during [specific] numbered days. Then whoever hastens [his departure] in two days - there is no sin upon him; and whoever delays [until the third] - there is no sin upon him - for him who fears Allah. And fear Allah and know that unto Him you will be gathered.

عَجَل 1 time

• 21:37 · Al-Anbyaعَجَلٍۢ ۚ hasteMan was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not impatiently urge Me.

عَجُول 1 time

• 17:11 · Al-Israعَجُولًۭا ever hastyAnd man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.